CLI and Coding Agents

Agentic Usage

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Give your coding agent access to the TesterArmy CLI when you want it to set up and run QA without leaving your development loop. The CLI is a control plane for the TesterArmy dashboard: agents use it to manage projects, environments, and saved tests, and to queue remote runs that execute in TesterArmy cloud.

The CLI is designed to be self-discoverable. Agents should start with ta agent init and ta docs instead of scraping long help output. ta docs prints task-oriented command routing, and --json returns structured output for automation.

What agents can do

With an API key, an agent can:

  • create and list projects
  • create and delete static project environments (--name/--url flags)
  • save project memories as durable testing context
  • create dashboard tests
  • queue remote dashboard runs (default) and target saved environments with --env
  • run tests in a local browser with --local for quick checks
  • wait for remote runs and inspect run history
  • upload iOS Simulator apps and Android artifacts for mobile tests

Setup

Install and authenticate once:

$npm install -g testerarmy
$ta agent init
$ta auth
$ta status --json

For non-interactive sessions, set:

$export TESTERARMY_API_KEY="YOUR_KEY"

Prompt your agent

Use TesterArmy CLI (`ta`) for QA. Start with `ta agent init`, then discover
workflows with `ta docs --json` or `ta docs <topic>`. Use `--json` for automation;
on failure, follow `error.hint`. Report commands, run IDs, results, and artifacts.

Useful entrypoints

$ta agent init
$ta docs
$ta docs --json
$ta docs agent
$ta docs projects
$ta docs memories
$ta docs tests
$ta docs runs
$ta docs ci

Safety

  • use scoped API keys when possible
  • prefer --json for agent-readable output
  • use JSON error envelopes to decide the next action instead of parsing text
  • avoid putting secrets in shell history
  • ask before deleting projects, environments, memories, or tests